[redwitch]

My daughter asked me to pick up my grandson at his day care in Bellview. I left Olive Garden to little rain. By the time I was on 301, I was holding on to the steering wheel with both hands, white knuckled (and I am a seriously confident driver). Those of us who had to be on the road for whatever reason were driving under 20 MPH and many had their emergency flashers going as they drove. There was no warning the rain would come down in such torrents. If I could have found a place to safely pull over, I would have done so. The last time I was caught in something this frightening it was a sandstorm going down Highway 5 (very flat highway) in California. Went from miles of visibility to zero in seconds -- same thing with this storm.

There is no way anyone could have been warned what was coming. I think we all expected the typical Florida 30-minute downpour, but nothing like what we got.